- How To Install And Use Coolbits Overclock Windows 7
- How To Install And Use Coolbits Overclock Video Card
- This video is a Tutorial for Asus Gpu Tweak 2. ASUS GPU Tweak 2 is a software developed by ASUS for Tweaking your Graphics Card, Maintaining Fan Control for.
- Before enabling and using, you should determine the suitability of the utility for your intended use, and you shall assume all responsibility in connection therewith. When “2” (Bit 1) is set in the “Coolbits” option value, the NVIDIA driver will attempt to initialize SLI when using GPUs with different amounts of video memory.
Command to run, 28 coolbits means everything is enabled from fan speed (4) to voltage and overclocking control. sudo nvidia-xconfig -a -enable-all-gpus -cool-bits=28. Feb 25, 2020 Overclocking your Nvidia card on Linux used to be a nightmare. There was lots of different commands you had to type into the terminal, and there was no easy way to monitor your temperature and fan speeds. Thanks to Roberto Leinardi’s program GreenWithEnvy, you can now overclock with a simple, clean GUI. Getting Started The easiest way to install GreenWithEnvy is with Flatpak. The Coolbits value is the sum of its component bits in the binary numeral system. The component bits are: 1 (bit 0) - Enables overclocking of older (pre-Fermi) cores on the Clock Frequencies page in nvidia-settings.; 2 (bit 1) - When this bit is set, the driver will 'attempt to initialize SLI when using GPUs with different amounts of video memory'.; 4 (bit 2) - Enables manual configuration of.
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How To Install And Use Coolbits Overclock Windows 7
| System Name | celer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Pentium 4 650 3.4GHz 2MB L2 |
| Motherboard | MSI PM8M3-V |
| Cooling | Thermalright SI-128 SE |
| Memory | 2048MB OCZ 2-3-2-5 2T at 200Mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire Radeon R9100 |
| Storage | 250G Samsung 850 PRO (MZ-7KE256BW) - 1024G WD Black (WD1003FZEX) |
| Display(s) | 19' iiyama ProLite E1980SD 1280x1024 75Hz DVI |
| Case | Eurocase moded |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Enermax 620W Liberty |
| Mouse | Logitech MX510 red |
| Keyboard | eTech PS/2 keyboard |
| Software | Win XP SP3 |
| Benchmark Scores | http://hwbot.org/submission/2455634_ |
For some old school fun and testings I sometimes overclock really old hardware, like FX 5600XT or FX 8600GT, FX 6800GS, FX 6800GT...
Now for the FX 5600XT card I use old beta Forceware 45.28 that I modifield slightly and using these Coolbits let me improve the performance by overclocking the card:
(the only important part for the clock adjustment is the 'CoolBits'=dword:0000000f.
The performance scale nicely and all is good... except some more modern 3DMarks require more modern drivers to operate.
Surprisingly using the modern drivers AND Coolbit overclock result in sluggish performance. For example 3DMark03 goes from 2551 to 563 marks:
http://hwbot.org/submission/2885484_
http://hwbot.org/submission/2885483_
Yes, on the Forceware v93.71 drivers I have a slightly different O/C (365/301 vs 370/305 on the old drivers), but nowhere near to 'justify' such performance drop.
Now this is not specific on the 3DMark, all 3D apps go sluggish after using the Coolbits on more recent drivers. For example Aquamark3 - Forceware 61.76, stock 234/200: 13341 points: http://hwbot.org/submission/2885479_
Overclocked to 365/301 by Coolbits: 6640 points: http://hwbot.org/submission/2885477_
So there IS a dramatic slow-down, when I use more recent Forceware drivers (tried v61.76 and v93.71) AND Coolbits.
Same I observed on other mentioned videocards, like the FX 6800 and 8600 one, so it is not tied to the FX 5600XT only.
Therefore I look for more recent Coolbits, found there:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815
Again, I used them at first completely, then removed them - for example that easily it could be done:
...so I could strip them to the bare important for clock changes:
Now this is different value that the 0000000f used before, so I hoped... and it caused the exactly same slow-downs. That make me a 'bit' puzzled, so I started searching and I found third version of Coolbits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolbits
It probably won't be any surprise now, when I write that this once again enabled the O/C possibility, but caused sluggish performance.
...
So I give up on Coolbits and used Riva Tuner. It does work w/o reinstalling on new Windows, the O/C is limited to 355/300 (600 effective) and once again - after overclocking, the performance go bad. Slow. Terrible. Even some image quirks, at 355/300, when 370/306 works nicely with old drivers.
...
Now could anyone tell me, what is going wrong there? Why Coolbits / or any O/C in general, cause slow down of graphic?
I hoped I could find someone else who had the same problem years and years ago, I manage to find some threads where people appear to having the similar troubles:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/coolbits.2806125/
'I just overclocked the GPU a tiny bit, the frame rate and graphics slow down and become juddery'
...but that is too few results from my search... so perhaps I doing something wrong, like overoptimizing by disabling the nVidia help service or the startup programs that was put there by the nVidia drivers install...?
Once again - if I did not touch the overclocking, the performance is like it should be. After Coolbits = sluggish speed.
Or could it be, that any WHQ nVidia drivers lock-out the overclock by intentionaly slowing things down and I could only use beta drivers for overclock?! Could that be? And where to get some old beta drivers anyway? There are all WHQ ones, except one Quadro Beta Driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html
Now for the FX 5600XT card I use old beta Forceware 45.28 that I modifield slightly and using these Coolbits let me improve the performance by overclocking the card:
(the only important part for the clock adjustment is the 'CoolBits'=dword:0000000f.
The performance scale nicely and all is good... except some more modern 3DMarks require more modern drivers to operate.
Surprisingly using the modern drivers AND Coolbit overclock result in sluggish performance. For example 3DMark03 goes from 2551 to 563 marks:
http://hwbot.org/submission/2885484_
http://hwbot.org/submission/2885483_
Yes, on the Forceware v93.71 drivers I have a slightly different O/C (365/301 vs 370/305 on the old drivers), but nowhere near to 'justify' such performance drop.
Now this is not specific on the 3DMark, all 3D apps go sluggish after using the Coolbits on more recent drivers. For example Aquamark3 - Forceware 61.76, stock 234/200: 13341 points: http://hwbot.org/submission/2885479_
Overclocked to 365/301 by Coolbits: 6640 points: http://hwbot.org/submission/2885477_
So there IS a dramatic slow-down, when I use more recent Forceware drivers (tried v61.76 and v93.71) AND Coolbits.
Same I observed on other mentioned videocards, like the FX 6800 and 8600 one, so it is not tied to the FX 5600XT only.
Therefore I look for more recent Coolbits, found there:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815
Again, I used them at first completely, then removed them - for example that easily it could be done:
...so I could strip them to the bare important for clock changes:
Now this is different value that the 0000000f used before, so I hoped... and it caused the exactly same slow-downs. That make me a 'bit' puzzled, so I started searching and I found third version of Coolbits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolbits
It probably won't be any surprise now, when I write that this once again enabled the O/C possibility, but caused sluggish performance.
...
So I give up on Coolbits and used Riva Tuner. It does work w/o reinstalling on new Windows, the O/C is limited to 355/300 (600 effective) and once again - after overclocking, the performance go bad. Slow. Terrible. Even some image quirks, at 355/300, when 370/306 works nicely with old drivers.
...
Now could anyone tell me, what is going wrong there? Why Coolbits / or any O/C in general, cause slow down of graphic?
I hoped I could find someone else who had the same problem years and years ago, I manage to find some threads where people appear to having the similar troubles:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/coolbits.2806125/
'I just overclocked the GPU a tiny bit, the frame rate and graphics slow down and become juddery'
...but that is too few results from my search... so perhaps I doing something wrong, like overoptimizing by disabling the nVidia help service or the startup programs that was put there by the nVidia drivers install...?
Once again - if I did not touch the overclocking, the performance is like it should be. After Coolbits = sluggish speed.
Or could it be, that any WHQ nVidia drivers lock-out the overclock by intentionaly slowing things down and I could only use beta drivers for overclock?! Could that be? And where to get some old beta drivers anyway? There are all WHQ ones, except one Quadro Beta Driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html
How To Install And Use Coolbits Overclock Video Card
I know what everyone is thinking. Another noob who doesn't know what he is doing asking for trouble.
I read the guide someone had posted on things to know before overclocking. I have pretty good knowledge of the pc , how it works etc.
Someone put in their sig that they had a Geforce FX 5700 Ultra (same card as me) overclocked. As a computer animator, everything I do is video card. So its not like im doing it just to be 'cool'
If anyone has a good link where I can find info on overclocking video cards or can give me any advice, I'd really appreciate it
I read the guide someone had posted on things to know before overclocking. I have pretty good knowledge of the pc , how it works etc.
Someone put in their sig that they had a Geforce FX 5700 Ultra (same card as me) overclocked. As a computer animator, everything I do is video card. So its not like im doing it just to be 'cool'
If anyone has a good link where I can find info on overclocking video cards or can give me any advice, I'd really appreciate it